Free Stuff from gearpage!
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Peaveyologist
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My DVD came today, and I just finished watching it. Its pretty interesting. The one odd thing that I noticed was that right in the beginning Jol Dantzig mentions that he started the company. I was trying to figure out where the name "Hamer" came from. I had to replay the disc to just catch Rick Nielsen mention that he remembered meeting Jol and Paul Hamer. They never mention Hamer's name again or his involment in the company. Kinda odd.
btw - Rick got serial # 0001.
My DVD came today, and I just finished watching it. Its pretty interesting. The one odd thing that I noticed was that right in the beginning Jol Dantzig mentions that he started the company. I was trying to figure out where the name "Hamer" came from. I had to replay the disc to just catch Rick Nielsen mention that he remembered meeting Jol and Paul Hamer. They never mention Hamer's name again or his involment in the company. Kinda odd.
btw - Rick got serial # 0001.
matt99camero
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Just got mine yesterday, very cool. I also pronounced it hammer until now. The next time I'm in the market for a guitar, I'm going to check out a hamer, a used hamer.
Just got mine yesterday, very cool. I also pronounced it hammer until now. The next time I'm in the market for a guitar, I'm going to check out a hamer, a used hamer.
JumpMarine
18 watts of Mayhemologist
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Got mine yesterday, nice DVD...I too will be looking much closer at any Hamer that I run across.
Got mine yesterday, nice DVD...I too will be looking much closer at any Hamer that I run across.
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They didn't put that much work into the old Hamers. They will give you...
Oh, never mind. I've done my best to try to hide the fact that Hamers kick major ass and have since the late '70's, but now the cat is really out of the bag.
When we first got those things in to sell in the early 80's, we were all blown away by the quality, the tone, and the vintage vibe with a new twist. They were hard as hell to sell at that price point because of the lack of name recognition, especially when compared to a new Gibson, but they were absolutely great guitars. Now, it seems that everyone is figuring out what great pieces these things are.
Let me ask one favor, okay? Buy new! You'll be doing me and Joel a tremendous service.
They didn't put that much work into the old Hamers. They will give you...
Oh, never mind. I've done my best to try to hide the fact that Hamers kick major ass and have since the late '70's, but now the cat is really out of the bag.
When we first got those things in to sell in the early 80's, we were all blown away by the quality, the tone, and the vintage vibe with a new twist. They were hard as hell to sell at that price point because of the lack of name recognition, especially when compared to a new Gibson, but they were absolutely great guitars. Now, it seems that everyone is figuring out what great pieces these things are.
Let me ask one favor, okay? Buy new! You'll be doing me and Joel a tremendous service.
SOLO GUITAR STEWIE
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just got mine in the mail
chris
just got mine in the mail
chris
frankfalbo
In Fluence Y'all
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It's a good video. It's obviously self serving. Besides Vernon Reid, they don't show superstrats at all. They also disappointingly don't show the 30+ fret scallop deals, or any of the other flashy stuff from the 80's. Clearly I like what Hamer is doing today more than those flash in the pan 80's hair guitars. But it's supposed to be about their history, and they completely gloss over everything they don't want you to think about. They talk about the Arlington Heights factory, but don't mention the move to CT or Kaman ownership at all. They make no mention of the Korean guitars of course.
It's hard to determine what they're saying about the hand-carving of the top. At some points they elude to "this is how we do it on our higher end models" etc. So you don't know if you're looking at a custom shop style instrument, or if they're claiming that EVERY carved top is a hand-carved top. I doubt it. Hamer is one of the best of the business, no matter how you slice it, but it's hard to tell what they're staging and what's real, everyday production.
I absolutely LOVE the indirect jabs they throw at Gibson if you're someone in the know. They talk about their binding/paint line being clean enough to reveal, the way they lay the headstock binding, seat the frets, etc. It's all directly opposite to the Gibson microwave burrito. And I am truly in love with the way they let a neck sit for awhile before leveling and fretting it at the last minute. Time is money, and they don't seem to care. They want to get it right. Great DVD overall.
It's a good video. It's obviously self serving. Besides Vernon Reid, they don't show superstrats at all. They also disappointingly don't show the 30+ fret scallop deals, or any of the other flashy stuff from the 80's. Clearly I like what Hamer is doing today more than those flash in the pan 80's hair guitars. But it's supposed to be about their history, and they completely gloss over everything they don't want you to think about. They talk about the Arlington Heights factory, but don't mention the move to CT or Kaman ownership at all. They make no mention of the Korean guitars of course.
It's hard to determine what they're saying about the hand-carving of the top. At some points they elude to "this is how we do it on our higher end models" etc. So you don't know if you're looking at a custom shop style instrument, or if they're claiming that EVERY carved top is a hand-carved top. I doubt it. Hamer is one of the best of the business, no matter how you slice it, but it's hard to tell what they're staging and what's real, everyday production.
I absolutely LOVE the indirect jabs they throw at Gibson if you're someone in the know. They talk about their binding/paint line being clean enough to reveal, the way they lay the headstock binding, seat the frets, etc. It's all directly opposite to the Gibson microwave burrito. And I am truly in love with the way they let a neck sit for awhile before leveling and fretting it at the last minute. Time is money, and they don't seem to care. They want to get it right. Great DVD overall.
Jeroen
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I didn't expect it to happen, but it did: The DVD was delivered today! Even though the form on the website doesn't offer room for full foreign addresses :fingersx:
I had to fill in 'The Netherlands' under 'State', and had to slightly adjust my six digit postal code for the five digit zip-window, but it worked :notworthy
I didn't expect it to happen, but it did: The DVD was delivered today! Even though the form on the website doesn't offer room for full foreign addresses :fingersx:
I had to fill in 'The Netherlands' under 'State', and had to slightly adjust my six digit postal code for the five digit zip-window, but it worked :notworthy
